[Bug 91301] Missing dependency in Dapper

[Bruce Miller]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: dvd+rw-tools

A backported upgrade in Dapper is not possible because of missing
dependency: genisoimage

bruce at Herodotus:~$ apt-cache policy dvd+rw-tools
dvd+rw-tools:
  Installed: 5.21.4.10.8-4ubuntu1
  Candidate: 7.0-6~dapper1
  Version table:
     7.0-6~dapper1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
 *** 5.21.4.10.8-4ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
bruce at Herodotus:~$

bruce at Herodotus:~$ sudo aptitude --with-recommends install dvd+rw-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  dvd+rw-tools
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 138kB of archives. After unpacking 77.8kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  dvd+rw-tools: Depends: genisoimage which is a virtual package.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
dvd+rw-tools
kubuntu-desktop
xubuntu-desktop

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
nautilus-cd-burner recommends dvd+rw-tools
k3b recommends dvd+rw-tools
Score is -1403

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
bruce at Herodotus:~$ 

bruce at Herodotus:~$ sudo aptitude --with-recommends install dvd+rw-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  dvd+rw-tools
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 138kB of archives. After unpacking 77.8kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  dvd+rw-tools: Depends: genisoimage which is a virtual package.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
dvd+rw-tools
kubuntu-desktop
xubuntu-desktop

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
nautilus-cd-burner recommends dvd+rw-tools
k3b recommends dvd+rw-tools
Score is -1403

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
bruce at Herodotus:~$ 

bruce at Herodotus:~$ apt-cache show dvd+rw-tools
Package: dvd+rw-tools
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 408
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel at debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 7.0-6~dapper1
Replaces: dvdplusrw
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.2-4), genisoimage

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** Affects: dvd+rw-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Missing dependency in Dapper
https://launchpad.net/bugs/91301